All of Miss Michelle McIlveen’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any work he is undertaking to protect the supply of vital veterinary medicines beyond the end of 2025.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how productivity is measured within (a) her Department; and (b) its arm’s-length bodies; and (ii) any measures in place to improve productivity.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of how the planning permission needed for farm improvements to meet the requirements for the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme, which focuses on capital support for technology and equipment to help farm businesses reduce ammonia…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on what basis was guidance on appropriate mitigation measures designed to reduce overall ammonia emissions and to encourage farmers to carry out improvements to existing operations to reduce ammonia emissions omitted from the Strategic Environmental…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in the absence of sufficient guidance on appropriate mitigation measures designed to reduce overall ammonia emissions or the encouragement for farmers to carry out improvements to existing operations that result in an overall reduction in ammonia…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether representations received on the Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report for the Proposed Ammonia Strategy and Revised Operational Protocol will be taken into account by him before any final decision is made on the adoption of…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report for the Proposed Ammonia Strategy and Revised Operational Protocol enables stakeholders to comment on the Proposed Ammonia Strategy and Revised Operational Protocol…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps his Department is taking to meet the Courtauld Commitment 2030 on food waste.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any further steps he is taking to deliver an extension to the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme; and (ii) when he will meet with his UK counterparts to advance this issue.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the amount of additional in-year funding provided to each DfI Roads section office during the 2024-25 financial year; and (ii) the initial funding provided to those section offices for the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether there will be any review of the Use Classes regulations to assist with the streamlining of the planning system.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of pothole reports that were assessed as meeting departmental criteria following inspection in the last 12 months, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the business cases currently under consideration by her Department, including the date each case was submitted.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she plans to introduce legislation, similar to that in Section 124 of the Localism Act 2011 in relation to concealed development, to assist planning authorities in enforcement proceedings for unlawful development.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how the £3 million for her Department's Transforming Planning proposal, as announced by the Minister of Finance on 4 March 2025, will be spent; and (ii) what practical impact this will have on transforming planning.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the review of the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, including a time frame of when the review will be completed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the business cases currently under consideration by her Department, including the date each case was submitted.
I thank the Minister for his response. I appreciate that this is a DFI issue, which has cross-cutting consequences that impact on all other Departments. What further action is the Minister taking to ensure that DFI addresses the waste water infrastructure challenges that we are facing?
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the business cases currently under consideration by their Department, including the date each case was submitted.